• Aradina [She/They]@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I know I’m going to get called preachy and whiny or whatever but here goes:

    Please wear a mask. I get that the anti-maskers won and social pressures make you feel self conscious, and people absolutely do give weird looks when they see people wearing masks, but the current sickness going around is totally preventable.

    I have a chronic condition and even a mild illness can massively reduce my quality of life. I’m required to frequently go out and be in close proximity with people, and it’s at the point where most people I see have a cough. I just want to not be at risk.

    KN95 masks are a good balance between efficacy and price. Those blue surgical masks are easiest to find, but aren’t great. N95s can be too expensive.

    Please please please just consider wearing them when out.

    Besides all that it’ll make for an easier adjustment when Pandemic 2: Electric Birdflugaloo comes around.

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
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      1 month ago

      I find it easier to mask up when I leave the house and just keep it on, taking them on and on is also unhygienic

    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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      1 month ago

      I never stopped wearing a mask. I’m very possibly immunocompromised and don’t want long covid. During lockdowns I’d always get dickhead men trying to intimidate me for wearing a mask and pick a fight about it. 🙄 Big heroes harassing lone tiny disabled women.

      But I really wish it would become just normal and accepted to mask up like in Asia. It’s polite, it’s hygienic, doesn’t really cost much and you could be saving yourself or someone else a nasty flu. And frankly anyone who doesn’t do it in a pandemic is not being logical.

    • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
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      1 month ago

      Happy to oblige, you won’t get any arguments from me. I don’t give a damn about antimaskers or weird looks, but being a large solidly built middle-aged woman in steel caps can tend to put people off talking to me on public transport about their antimask bullshit. I’m the only one in my house with a job, and as a casual employee I can’t afford time off due to totally preventable illness. The colds/flus/whatever they are going around at the moment are dynamite. My MIL is 90 and frail, my partner has many health issues, and I don’t have time for people who think they’re clever passing their ignorant bigotry towards the immunocompromised. I’m sorry you and Melba have had to deal with mean spirited inconsiderate twits. It’s actually easier to be considerate anyway.

    • Taleya@aussie.zone
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      1 month ago

      …you bitch about my mask, I’m a gonna show up with my fucking 3m 100PM respirator on. Bright pink and hardcore vader noises.

      Actually I’ma gonna get another one and art it up. We’re living in a cyberpunk dystopia anyway, may as well dress for the occasion.

  • oztrin@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Just got a phone call from work. “Oh don’t retest if you don’t have any symptoms it can still show up for weeks.” ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME.

    • Taleya@aussie.zone
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      1 month ago

      the whole point of the RAT is to pick up if you are shedding significant amounts, as in “dangerous to others”. It’s based on viral load, not presence

    • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone
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      1 month ago

      Someone said that to me once.

      The first time I caught covid, they made me come in to work. Guess what happened? Company was down to 3 people and entire families got infected including small children.

      Fucking wankers.

    • dumblederp@aussie.zone
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      1 month ago

      A +ve test is a symptom, no need to tell them the details of your symptoms. “Coughing up oysters” seems to gross people out.

  • Taleya@aussie.zone
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    1 month ago

    i’m a wrangler, a schemer, a cobbler and a snagger of discarded things and unconsidered trifles. A repairer and a reuser. But most importantly, i also share the booty.

    In other news, weird day today. Pic applies.

  • Taleya@aussie.zone
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    1 month ago

    jesus christ, neighbours are smoking shit so fuckign dank I can smell it in my house.

    Both properties were built in the fucking 60’s so we’re not up each other’s arses, and this place actually has insulation and draught exclusion

    • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      1 month ago

      I’d forgotten just how much I hate the smell of weed. There was a kid at the last place that would smoke inside and blow it into the heating ducts and then I’d end up reeking of it. The new kid here only smokes outside, but he stands just outside the door so it still makes its way in

  • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone
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    1 month ago

    During my therapy session, the psych suggested I could have autism. She asked me what I think I have. I said I show traits of BPD, but I’m not the one who went to school to diagnose these conditions. I’ve got no idea but I know something is not right. Even though I feel crazy and people perceive me as crazy, that doesn’t mean I am. Sure I’ve felt and said and done some crazy things, but those things don’t define me.

    I am praying that therapy works. I don’t want to feel things so deeply anymore and catastrophise. I don’t ever want to have an emotional outburst like I did the week of the breakup again, to the point where I have to beg someone to love me and make them and their people think I’m a complete psycho. I don’t think it was a normal reaction to keep messaging him even though he wasn’t responding. At the same time, I have to forgive myself and vow to never do that again.

    I stupidly started talking to someone new who reassures me without having to ask, and even though I don’t need it, and I’m just vibing and having fun chatting. Maybe I was just asking for too much from the wrong person.

    • Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone
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      1 month ago

      Would it be a fair to say that you’ve had limited experience in this area? I joke that I’m a weirdo, but I don’t think it would a stretch to say that many of us have responded in similar manners early in dating. I definitely have and I know plenty of people who have lost the plot over at least one person, especially in the face of losing them. I most certainly cringe at some of the ways I behaved, but I guess we’re all young and dumb at some point. (That’s not to say you are, but I definitely do not think that deep feelings and sometimes cognitive distortion always = bad thing that needs to be fixed.)

    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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      1 month ago

      Being manipulated often makes you look and feel crazy, as does dealing with arseholes. Sounds like you may have copped both.

      Therapy is a good idea but have you also considered trying out some hobbies that regularly put you around other people in a low pressure environment? The goal isn’t to “make friends”. Just pick one or two activities you’re curious to try and turn up regularly. After a while they’ll recognise you and be low key friendly, but more than that it’ll be a bit of a break in your day where you feel comfortable and are absorbed in something pleasant.

      Note - you’re not there to be besties or look for a date. You’re pursuing interests with the pleasant side effect of cultivating hobby acquaintances. Don’t give out your number or disclose personal info. Don’t be upset if you don’t hang out with these people outside of the activity, this is fine. Don’t be discouraged if it takes a while to settle in and see benefits. If it’s boring or people are behaving in catty/creepy ways (unfortunately very common), don’t be afraid to bounce to a new one.

      Ps. I don’t recommend bars when looking for chill social times. Especially if you’ll be there alone, aren’t in a great headspace, or are going through a rough time in your life. There can tend to be a lot of unnecessary drama and while there are decent folk there are also a lot of drunk idiots and people who are just on the prowl.

      • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone
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        1 month ago

        Yes, I’m doing a community gardening project and just talk about life with people that I see once a week. It’s helped me to remember I like being outside. Starting music lessons and joined a group fitness studio that’s full of supportive and motivated people.

        Getting back into reading and writing and realising that I like spending time alone.

        Making space for a social activity with friends / family once a week. Next week I’m doing a cooking class with some friends.

        There is lots to look forward to!

  • dumblederp@aussie.zone
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    1 month ago

    Concrete pump in the fog this morning. I got a war of the worlds vibe. Like a giant leg in suburbia.

  • oztrin@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    1 month ago

    One of the really frustrating things about getting the 'rona is I’ve been itching to settle down into sorting and organising the spare room, which is going to be the study/library space.
    However I had a burst of energy and inspiration tonight and did a little rearranging and moving around - I want to put a cat tower where one of the smaller bookcases was and that meant moving the others one up, which meant emptying one, and…
    Anyway there’s roughly a cat tower sized space next to the window. Next step is sorting what’s in the bookshelves and cleaning them… even if I do one shelf at a time, it’s something.

  • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone
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    1 month ago

    I accidentally doubled up on my ADHD medicine and I feel like I’m going to pass out. That’s how I know I actually have ADHD. Too much stimulant medication makes me feel super sleepy. Meanwhile a mate of mine got one from his partner and took it at a festival and was absolutely shitfaced the whole day. Brains are weird.

  • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone
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    1 month ago

    Today was going to be the day I washed my oodie. But no. Today is for wearing oodies. Also - can you get away with tumble drying a (cheap rip-off) oodie? I’m not worried so much about losing fluffyness, more that I will set the laundromat on fire from the hot synthetic fabric…

    • dumblederp@aussie.zone
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      1 month ago

      I’d say look for a warm or gentle setting on the dryer, and check it every 30 mins or so. Synthetic dries quickly.

    • Duenan@aussie.zone
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      1 month ago

      I nearly broke my washing machine trying to wash the oddie in it.

      When it’s soaked with water it’s so unbelievably heavy that it unbalanced my washing machine which is a top loader.

      • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone
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        1 month ago

        My Front loader has managed it before I think - I usually give it two spins too to get the extra water out of it

    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
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      1 month ago

      I reckon you could do it. Laundromat dryers are a little more robust than your home variety.

      You could semi dry it at home and finish it off at the laundromat if you’re worried.

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
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      1 month ago

      I half dry my oodie in the dryer and half on a drying rack. Takes ages for the cuffs to dry.

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
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    1 month ago

    Sad news is my microphone ran out of charge 😔 Good news is the man has so many cords, power banks and nerdy shit that it’ll be up and running in no time 😀

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
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    1 month ago

    Movie Review. Pure Luck with Martin Short. Man with congenital bad luck is sent to search for a woman with congenital bad luck goes missing.

    It’s a fun premise 3 hobbits